The idolaters say: "If God had willed we would not have worshipped anything apart from Him, nor would our fathers have done, nor would we have forbidden any thing without His (leave)." So had the people done before them.
(Dan berkatalah orang-orang musyrik) dari kalangan penduduk Mekah ("Jika Allah menghendaki niscaya kami tidak akan menyembah sesuatu apa pun selain Dia, baik kami maupun bapak-bapak kami, dan tidak pula kami mengharamkan sesuatu pun tanda izin-Nya) yaitu mengharamkan bahirah dan saibah.